Episode #89 – Year End Recap and 2016 Predictions

Year end recap and 2016 predictions.Recap:- CRB (Copyright Ruling Board) Ruling- Apple Music and YouTube Red- Pandora buys TicketFly, and streaming assets of Rdio.- Amazon Prime Music- Facebook goes hard into video- Blurred Lines lawauit- Jay-Z buys Tidal- Vinyl up to 9% music industry income- Producers and engineers may get paid on streaming- Billboard creates chart for lyrics- Adele passes 5 million albums sold in US already.- 101mixingtricks.com- Guitar Center may be in danger of closing- Pro Tools Subscription Plan- Music Row in Nashville closing- New music technology AVB- MQA - Master Quality Authenticated- USB-C Connector coming out- 3D audio standard- LiFi connection via light pulses- Foam 3D batteries- Moog music gave employees 50% of company- Abbey Road Studios tech incubatorTrends:- Streaming getting bigger- Pandora to become more important- Facebook becoming more difficult for promotion, Internet marketing becoming more expensive- Websites looking sleeker,  more Wordpress-centric- Analog is dying- Controllers becoming more popular- Plug-in overload- Tablet for audio less visible- Sound reinforcement becoming  increasingly digital and smaller- Headphone surround for virtual realityAd link: Explore The Mixing Engineer’s Handbook (6th Edition), the go-to guide for modern mixing.Thank you for tuning in to Bobby Owsinski’s Inner Circle, the podcast that takes you deep inside the music industry. Each week, Bobby shares insights, news, analysis, and conversations with the movers and shakers shaping today’s music world.📌 Explore Bobby’s best-selling books🎙️ Nail that pro vocal sound: clear, upfront, and mix-ready. Learn how in Bobby’s Vocal Mixing Mini-Course🎧 Discover more mixing and production courses📲 Follow Bobby for more tips, insights, and updates:FacebookLinkedInInstagramBluesky🎙️ New episodes release every Tuesday at 9AM Pacific on YouTube and your favorite podcast app.Music. Business. Creativity. Straight from the Inner Circle.Produced by APodcastGeekhttps://apodcastgeek.com/